[Coco] Dumb way to write 3.5" floppy in Coco RSBASIC?

[Dave Kelly]

> >"ln -s src target"
> >
> >> command in os9, well, ahh, mmm...  If I get my system back up and
> >> running again, thats one of the utils I intend to write.
> >
> >I must have missed something. How would you use this as opposed to
> > what is already in place under OS9?
>
> And whats in place under os9 to do that?  Anytime I've wanted to
> multiple link a file, I've had to do it by hand with ded.
>
> AFAIK, the 'link' program we have, is just a memory link count
> incrementer, used to prevent an unused processes link count to ever
> go to 0, at which point it will be unlinked and the memory recovered.
> Use it to lock your bootup loaded utils pack into memory forever.
>
> What I'm refering to is the ability to have a file show up in several
> directory listings.  Any one of which can be edited and the results
> then show up at all locations because every reference in the
> directories actually points at the same file descriptor LSN.  Os9
> does support such operations very well.  We've just never had the
> utility to make it simple to use.
I did miss something, you are refering to a data file or script file or
something other than in the executable commands direcetory.  A symbolic link
would be neat, I withdraw my question.
> CRAFT? :-)
Big Time  :-(